James Caan Quotes
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Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.
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I've been lucky. The critics never went out of their way to single me out for doing bad work.
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There are a lot of guys in Hollywood who clap you on the back just a little too hard.
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My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'
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Never stop asking yourself whether you can do things better. Keep testing every aspect of your business to the nth degree, and challenge every one of your assumptions. The tougher you are on yourself now, the tougher your business will be out there in the real world.
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To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.
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I never did anything else. In college I switched majors every two weeks, and acting was the only thing that held my interest.
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Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.
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It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.
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No matter what heights you achieve, even if you're Brad Pitt, the slide is coming, sure as death and taxes.
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You have to be very careful when you let someone win.
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You're the only one who's closing your eyes at night. There's no one else who can do it for you.
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Sometimes it seems like this is the choice - either kick ass or kiss ass.
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I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.
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Success is the result of clear goal, unshakable confidence, proper planning, enthusiastic ACTION and consistent persistence.
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Some guys say beauty is only skin deep. But when you walk into a party, you don't see somebody's brain. The initial contact has to be the sniffing.
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What's the difference between sex and love? I have four wives and five kids. I apparently don't know the difference.
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I always thought of myself as some sort of athlete until I started playing golf a couple years ago.
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I had great, great times as a Little League coach. People were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, What about your creative juices? Coaching is creative, because you could take a kid who thought he wasn't any good and, within four minutes, change his mind. And I didn't have to wait six months for them to put music to it.
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Showing up every day isn't enough. There are a lot of guys who show up every day who shouldn't have showed up at all.
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There's a big difference between wanting to work and having to work. And I had to learn that the hard way. Now money is very important to me, because I ain't got it.
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One night I went over to get some dope from some Hollywood tough guy. After I left, my son Scott, who was only fifteen, went over with a baseball bat to kill him. I was laughing out of one eye and crying out of the other. I thought, Who am I kidding?
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Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.
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I've never been difficult to anybody or with anybody on a picture. Especially when you're in that nice status of hierarchy of actors and actresses who get to approve directors. Because once you make that choice, it's my belief that the director's boss.
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My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
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People are always backing up when I'm just going to shake their hands.
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It's a very charming movie about the mob - a real stretch for me.
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Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.
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I don't think silicone makes a girl good or bad.
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Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.
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